Spectre Action Analysis

This is the opening action scene to popular series James Bond 007 this one being Spectre. There a few indicators to it being an action movie an obvious would be the guns being used in the scene. In the scene we see a gun being aimed at a building, guns are a huge indicator to action movies as they are used the most. The next big indicator is explosions, this one is almost always used in action 

movies the camera usage adds effect to this scene as when the explosion happens the camera shakes this adds effect to the diameter of the explosion and how big it was. The sound also adds effect as its diegetic sound of ringing after the explosion we hear this as we have a feel of what James Bond would be hearing after being so close to the explosion. The last indicator to it being an action would be the chase scene, the chase scene shows action as it is usually in action movie and it adds to the tense effect of will he catch him or not its usually on foot but can be in a car. The camera adds effect as it cuts every now and then to show how far they are going most of the cuts from the camera show how James Bond is walking quite slow and shows how serious and powerful he is against the bad guy who is vulnerable and weak. 

Some key questions were left asking is why is James Bond chasing him? Why is he so important? What is this social event? We ask these questions to find out what happens it the rest of the movie. These questions link to the conventions of action movies as were left asking who is the villain? In most action films the villain is left unknown till a big reveal towards the end of the movie. We also find out little information for example we know that James Bond will most likely be trying to track down a villain who is the leader of this gang on the ring. The mise-en-scene is used well in the opening scene as we see a huge social gathering perfect for chase scenes as people get in the way which adds to the effect of the villain being vulnerable. We also see the use of a helicopter this is very effective as the helicopter adds to the action convention because we usually see big vehicles being used mainly in the James Bond franchise. 

The sound is used very well because at first we hear the James Bond theme a non diegetic sound indicating to something happening whether that be a chase scene or a fight scene in this situation it would be a chase scene. Another sound that we spoke about earlier is the ringing after the explosion this would be diegetic sound as we imagine this is what James Bond is hearing.